Hinckley in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hinckley in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HinckleyEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hinckley plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hinckley's incremental SNDi fell from 4.76 to 4.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hinckley ranked 38th out of 124 cities in England and 45th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.44
Rank in United Kingdom
91st of 143
Rank in England
82nd of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in United Kingdom
45th of 143
Rank in England
38th of 124

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HinckleyGursaraiUmm al-Fahm

In new street additions, Hinckley built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gursarai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Umm al-Fahm built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Hinckley became progressively more disconnected, while Gursarai fluctuated in connectivity and Umm al-Fahm grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Hinckley and Gursarai have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.